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The Government is backing setting up a national agency to expand the education of health professionals and co-ordinate organ donation

Free breast screening has been made available to a wider age range

The progressive removal of asset testing of older people in long-term residential care is the purpose of legislation that has just been referred to a select committee.

Ireland is the first country in Europe to ban smoking in bars, pubs and restaurants, a move Associate Health Minister Damien O'Connor says is consistent with growing smokefree sentiment worldwide.

Health Minister Annette King has announced a new deputy chair for Hutt District Health Board, and a new board member for Canterbury DHB

Associate Health Minister Jim Anderton has welcomed the publication today of a draft handbook aimed at providing guidance primarily to schools on how to evaluate the merits of different drug education programmes.

Fifteen new Community Action on Youth & Drugs programmes will help combat illicit drug use, says Associate Health Minister Jim Anderton

The government has released a comprehensive survey of NZ's rural doctors

The coalition government has accepted Ministry of Health advice not to ban
cold and cough remedies containing the ingredient pseudoephedrine at this
time, says Associate Health Minister Jim Anderton.

An international survey ranks New Zealand top overall of five countries in terms of patient assessment of the quality of healthcare

The family of viruses responsible for the avian influenza outbreak has been added to New Zealand's schedule of notifiable diseases.

Associate Health Minister Damien O'Connor visits Dannevirke Hospital and meets with Tararua PHO representatives to discuss health care concerns in the region.

Primary Health Care is top of the agenda at a forum for health ministers New Zealand is hosting this week.

Health warnings on cigarette packets are set in increase in size, following the Government's ratification of the World Health Organisation-sponsored Framework on Tobacco Control.

Associate Health Minister and West Coast-Tasman MP Damien O'Connor welcomes the announcement of an interim solution to the problem of paediatric care on the West Coast.

A new agency aimed at recruiting and retaining health professionals in rural areas is up and running, Associate Health Minister Damien O'Connor announced today.

The Kumara Races on the West Coast have gone smokefree; a move Associate Health Minister Damien O'Connor says reveals a shift in attitude away from smoking.

Health Minister Annette King says Primary Health Organisations (PHOs) are going from strength to strength, with about 2.5 million New Zealanders now covered nationwide

Disappointing annual gambling statistics are exactly what the new Gambling Act will tackle, says Damien O'Connor.

Alcohol-related hospital admissions in the Nelson area over the Christmas period reflect a growing trend in binge drinking.

A $215M redevelopment of Hamilton and Thames-based hospitals has cleared a major hurdle following approval of plans by the National Capital Committee

Further action against “P” and other drugs were announced today by Jim Anderton, Chair of the Ministerial Committee on Drug Policy, and Justice Minister Phil Goff.

Health Minister Annette King has announced membership of four new health authorities being established under the Health Practitioners Competence Assurance Act 2003.

Health Minister Annette King says the third annual report on implementing the New Zealand Health Strategy represents the face of the strategy working at national, district and local levels.